Nature and Science

A storm that should have disappeared by now It’s a simple question people rarely ask: why hasn’t Jupiter’s Great Red Spot faded away like most storms do?

Watching a beetle roll a ball in the dark Out on a clear night, a dung beetle can look oddly purposeful.

Seeing a comet do two different things at once A comet can look like it’s carrying two tails, and they don’t always agree on direction.

Meeting a worm that farms in the dark People rarely ask how an animal can “eat” a chemical.

Why there’s water on a rocky planet at all People rarely ask the plain version of the question: if early Earth was hot, battered, and dry-looking, why.

A simple question: can something eat radiation? People usually picture radiation as the ultimate sterilizer.

A question people rarely ask at the shoreline People talk about mangroves as storm buffers and fish nurseries.

Why a storm would make a six-sided shape Most storms make circles.

A shrimp with “hairy” claws It’s easy to assume a crustacean’s claws are just tools for grabbing food.

If you picture the Moon’s soil as dry dust, it’s easy to miss how much of it is actually tiny glass.